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Quantification of preferences in the problem of ranking multidimensional alternatives

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Two methods of quantification of information about preferences of a decision-making person are described. It is shown that quantified information obtained in this way is sufficient for ranking multidimensional alternatives based on additive utility functions. A possible method for classification of the alternatives considered is specified.

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Original Russian Text © I.F. Shakhnov, 2010, published in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Teoriya i Sistemy Upravleniya, 2010, No. 3, pp. 78–87.

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Shakhnov, I.F. Quantification of preferences in the problem of ranking multidimensional alternatives. J. Comput. Syst. Sci. Int. 49, 416–425 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106423071003010X

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